urgent advice needed for 100% Ubuntu-compatible desktop

[Xen]

Ralf Mardorf schreef op 05-10-2017 23:47:
> On Thu, 05 Oct 2017 11:25:42 +0200, Xen wrote:
>> SSDs are not good for repeated, sequential writing. I would still
>> suggest for data use a HDD, but that's up to you.
> 
> I switched to internal SSDs. Even if they shouldn't last for long,
> mine were inexpensive and I backup all data (and Linux installs) to
> external HDDs.

Ralf, I did not say it to argue with you as to what's best.


> On Thu, 05 Oct 2017 12:13:13 +0200, Xen wrote:
>> I suggest a core i5 7500 @ 4x 3.4 GHz 65W on socket 1151 as something
>> to look at.
> 
> The G1840 consumes 53 W and is inexpensive.

That's true but he made it seem he wanted something strong and fast.

I just go by what he wants. The Celeron is typically the budget of 
processors. If that's fine with you that's fine by me.

It's a previous generation though, your G1840. They have gone from 22nm 
to 14nm now.

> FWIW while my machine is Ubuntu compatible, on Arch as well as Ubuntu

That's fine.

> I run openbox, but by default the Tails live media does run GNOME and I
> don't experience performance issues.

A recent generation CPU/motherboard wouldn't have issues with any 
desktop environment. That's more related to a harddisk I think, in Linux 
these days.

KDE experiences considerable slowdown for instance until you turn all of 
the search plugins off.

If you don't have a fast SSD...

(And then it's still not great, some of their designs, I mean, 
whatever...).